<description>How do Americans get ready to work with Russians aboard the International Space Station? They take a crash course in culture, language and protocol at Russia's &lt;a href="http://howe.iki.rssi.ru/GCTC/gctc_e.htm"&gt;Star City&lt;/a&gt;.</description>

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<description>Sky watchers in Europe, Asia, and parts of Alaska and Canada will experience a &lt;a href="http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2003/30may_solareclipse.htm"&gt;partial eclipse of the Sun&lt;/a&gt; on Saturday, May 31st.</description>

<pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2003 11:06:42 GMT</pubDate>

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<title>The Engine That Does More</title>

<link>http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/news/2003/news-VASIMR.asp</link>

<description>Before man travels to Mars, NASA hopes to design new engines that will let us fly through the Solar System more quickly. The proposed VASIMR engine would do that.</description>